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Year 2000 Health Objectives for the Nation: County Summary of Colorado BRFSS* Data for 2000

El Paso County

Healthy People 2000** Objective *** Year 2000 Target El Paso County, Colorado, 2000
n=216
Overweight, BMI > 27.8 for males & > 27.3 for females (Objective #1.2)

Ages >18

< 20% 31%
(23%, 38%)****

Hispanic women, ages >18

< 25% --
(--, --)
Obese, BMI > 30.0

Ages >18

Not specified 15%
(9%, 21%)

Hispanic women, ages >18

Not specified --
(--, --)
Normal Weight, BMI < 24.9

Ages >18

Not specified 48%
(41%, 56%)

Hispanic women, ages >18

Not specified --
(--, --)
Regular and Sustained Physical Activity (Objective #1.3)
Ages > 18 > 30% 23%
(17%, 29%)
Regular and Vigorous Physical Activity (Objective #1.4)
Ages > 18 > 20% 11%
(7%, 15%)
No Leisure-time Physical Activity (Objective #1.5)
Ages > 18 < 15 % 21%
(14%, 27%)
Ages > 65 < 22 % --
(--, --)
Cigarette Smoking (Objective #3.4)
Ages > 18 < 15 % 23%
(16%, 29%)
Hispanics, ages > 18 < 18 % --
(--, --)
Cholesterol Screening (within past five years) (Objective #15.14)
Ages > 18 > 75% Not Available
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption (five or more servings per day)(Objective #16.8)
Ages > 18 Not specified 18%
(13%, 24%)
Clinical Breast Exam and Mammogram (ever had)(Objective #16.11)
Women Ages > 40 > 80% 77%
(63%, 90%)
Women Ages > 70 > 80% --
(--, --)
Hispanic women ages > 40 > 80% --
(--, --)
Clinical Breast Exam and Mammogram (within past two years)(Objective #16.11)
Women Ages> 50 > 60% --
(--, --)
Women Ages> 70 > 60% --
(--, --)
Pap Smear, Women with Intact Uterine Cervix (ever had)(Objective #16.12)
Ages> 18 > 95% 89%
(81%, 96%)
Ages> 70 > 95% --
(--, --)
Hispanics, ages > 18 > 95% --
(--, --)
Pap Smear, Women with Intact Uterine Cervix (within past three years)(Objective #16.12)
Ages> 18 > 85% 80%
(70%, 90%)
Ages> 70 > 70% --
(--, --)
Hispanics, ages > 18 > 80% --
(--, --)
Sigmoidoscopy (ever had)(Objective #16.11)
Ages> 50 > 40% Not Available
Influenza Immunization (within past year)(Objective #20.11)
Ages> 65 > 60% Not Available
Pneumococcal Pneumonia Immunization (ever had)(Objective #20.11)  
Ages> 65 > 60% Not Available
Have a Personal Doctor or Health Care Provider (Objective #21.3)
Ages> 18 > 95% 75%
(68%, 82%)
Hispanics, ages > 18 > 95% --
(--, --)
Permanent Tooth Loss Due to Caries or Periodontal Diseases (none)(Objective #13.3)
Ages 35-44 > 45% Not Available
Total Tooth Loss (Objective #13.4)
Ages> 65 < 20% Not Available
* Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

** Public Health Service. Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives -- full report with commentary. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1991.

***In some cases, BRFSS definitions of objectives differ slightly from those in Healthy People 2000. See Healthy People 2000 for the exact definition of the objective.

****95 percent confidence interval

-- Unable to estimate due to small number of respondents

 

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